Isabel Rock

1840–10 September 1922 (Age 82)
Pennsylvania, United States

The Life Summary of Isabel

When Isabel Rock was born in 1840, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Andrew Rock, was 24 and her mother, Susahha Mann, was 18. She married Henry Fouts on 22 July 1860, in Fulton, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Fulton, Illinois, United States in 1900 and Canton, Fulton, Illinois, United States in 1930. She died on 10 September 1922, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 82.

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Family Time Line

Henry Fouts
1838–1881
Isabel Rock
1840–1922
Marriage: 22 July 1860
Nora May Fouts
1862–1867
Anna Belle Fouts
1868–1918
Henry H Fouts
1870–1872

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    22 July 1860Fulton, Illinois, United States
    • Children

    (3)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (13)

    +8 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized
    Age 8
    Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.
    1850 · Los Angeles Is Incorporated
    Age 10
    Los Angeles was incorporated as a municipality on April 4, 1850.
    1862 · Kansas Agricultural Society
    Age 22
    The Kansas Agricultural Society was formed on March 5, 1862. The society encouraged farmers to grow winter wheat which created the nickname ""bread basket of the world.

    Name Meaning

    English: from Middle English rok(ke) ‘rock’. The surname may be topographic, denoting someone who lived near a notable rock or rocky outcrop, or habitational, denoting someone from a place called with this word, such as Rock (Northumberland). Compare Roach .English: from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atter oke ‘at the oak’. The surname may be topographic, signifying someone who lived by a prominent oak tree, or habitational, denoting someone from a place so named, such as Rock (Worcestershire), Rook in Cornwood (Devon), and Rock in Washington (Sussex). Compare Nock .English: perhaps a nickname for a spinner or a maker of distaffs from Middle English rok(ke) ‘distaff’ (from Old Norse rokkr or Middle Dutch rocke or an unattested Old English cognate). Compare Rocker .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Rocke
    Roake
    Rocks
    Rooker
    Roach
    Rook

    Sources (13)

    • Isabell Rock in entry for Anna Belle Cooper, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
    • Isabell Brock in household of Andrew Brock, "United States Census, 1860"
    • Isabell Rock in entry for Wallace Warren Cooper and Annie Belle Redfern, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"

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